Новости за 04.03.2016

Good news with AT announcing that the Quay St cycleway that was consulted on a few months ago will start construction this week. They also say the first section from Lower Quay St to Commerce St will be finished by Mid-May

The Dom Post reports: Even Paul Eagle can see the humour in his support of mayoral candidate Justin Lester after he had supported another candidate, Nicola Young, last year.  Lester and Eagle, both Wellington City councillors, this week announced they would be standing on a joint Labour ticket as mayor and deputy mayor in the October local body elections. It’s not Eagle’s first […]

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Press Release – TEDxWellington The top secret venue for today’s TedxWellington event has been revealed as Park Road Post Production – the internationally renowned post production company. TEDxWellington is one of a select few public events to be held at the facility, which is based in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. Park Road is part […]

Press Release – Co.OfWomen One of New Zealand’s most successful businesswomen, Theresa Gattung, is to champion other female entrepreneurs with her appointment as chair of business support organisation Co.OfWomen. Ms. Gattung is renowned for her strong business acumen having headed up Telecom (now known as Spark) at the age of 37. Her most recent business […]

News from Karapoti Classic Celebrating 31 years today, Upper Hutt’s Bike Barn Karapoti Classic continued its renown as the Southern Hemisphere’s longest running mountain bike race. And women’s winner Kim Hurst continued her renown as the only local to win their own race with a record breaking ride that might well last the test of […]

Tonight there was a large concert playing in Castle Street in Dunedin in a courtyard space between private rented accommodation.

Wellington.Scoop The Wellington City Council tonight announced that it wants to “transform” Wellington by making it a “low carbon capital.” It also plans an urban development agency which would be self funding, though how this self funding would be achieved was not explained. News from WCC A new strategy to transform Wellington as a Low […]

MARKET CLOSE: NZX 50 charts new record as Restaurant Brands, SkyCity gain, Metro Glass falls

African community leaders have today expressed deep disappointment with the Police response to the research report on African youth experiences with the police and justice system.

The Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand (CCANZ) is contacting its members to advise them of the action being taken by the Commerce Commission in relation to two steel mesh products used in residential floor slabs.

Close to 200 delegates from 60 countries are meeting in Auckland this week (7th to 11th of March) to discuss the latest tactics in fighting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing across the globe.

Multicultural New Zealand finds the report on African youth experiences with the Police and the New Zealand justice system disturbing and wishes to see more resources directed to NZ Police.

JUMP, New Zealand’s Premier Indoor Trampoline Park is hoping to draw Auckland’s interest when they unveil its new JUMP.ninja Warrior Course for both kids and adults to the public on Saturday, 2 April in an event featuring Lance Pekus, known as Cowboy ...

The first baby boy has been born at the new Te Kotuku maternity unit at Whangarei Hospital – and it’s twins! The twins were born after a relatively short labour on Thursday afternoon (subs note: March 3) to mother Navdip Kaur and father Sarbsher ...

In a reserved decision released today, Prepared Produce Limited was fined $196,406.25 for six offences and ordered to pay $57,000 in reparation to three victims.

The price for clean 35-micron wool, a benchmark for crossbred wool used for carpets and accounting for the majority of New Zealand's production, sank to $5.85 per kilogram at auction yesterday, from $5.95/kg last week, according to AgriHQ. Lambs wool dropped ...

March 4 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 1.9 percent gain against the greenback this week ahead of US employment data which investors will be watching to gauge whether the Federal Reserve will continue hiking interest rates ...

The Government’s announcement of new money for the Canterbury mental health system will not cover the big gap in existing services, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King.

World champion shearer Rowland Smith has sent a minor flutter through the Golden Shears followers in Masterton by finishing well-down the pack in the opening round of this year’s Open championship.

Animal health and wellbeing requires greater global cooperation than ever before and New Zealand has the rare opportunity to participate in discussions which will contribute to the health of farm animals and pets around the world.

In UMR’s latest flag survey undertaken in last week of February 59% want to keep the current flag and 32% to change. 9% were unsure. That possibly represents a very modest gain for the change campaign as most previous polls have shown a 2:1 margin ...

Wellington.Scoop The vicar of St Peters, the Rev Brian Dawson, is to be a candidate in the local body elections. He’s standing for the Wellington City Council on the Labour ticket. Rev Dawson is a strong supporter of the living wage and the council’s policy to pay it to staff and contractors. He announced his […]

Close to 200 delegates from 60 countries are meeting in Auckland next week (7-11 March) to discuss the latest tactics in fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing across the globe.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reminding consumers to take care when drinking raw unpasteurised milk.